India is at the vanguard of figuring out how to exploit technology and innovation on behalf of democratic accountability.

The U.S. government engages with many countries around the world in official dialogues on human rights.

Success is not about who never fails. It is about who can spring - or even stagger - back up.

When I wake up in the middle of the night when I hear one of my kids coughing or crying, I think about Syria.

There's something beautiful about working in the one place in the world where the world is present, like United Nations. Otherwise, one would have to go to each of these countries to negotiate.

I joke that I spent 38 years scouring the globe, going to war zones, trying to find the person with my exact birthday.

I like to think that as I get older I'm getting better at spending time with people who have qualities that make them worth spending time with.